"Looks like he couldn't take much of a beating. He's dead."
Sensing Azuma's aura vanish, Hawking immediately stopped the sustained assault of the True Several Thousand Hands and dismissed the Wood Release.
If he kept going, he feared he would sink the entire Tenrou Island. That would be rather awkward.
He had Dreamwalked here mainly to save people, not to wreck the place.
Although Azuma had used magic power to control Tenrou Island and could merge into its trees to evade attacks, he could not use the trees to move at high speed.
So long as he launched a wide-area, indiscriminate attack, it was easy to catch Azuma within it as well.
"Who exactly are you?"
At this point, even Happy, dense as he was, realized that there was something seriously wrong with the Natsu standing before them.
That terrifying magic from earlier was not something Natsu could possibly cast, nor were the healing, flight, and Shunpo from before.
"I'm indeed not Natsu. You can think of it as Natsu using Take Over Magic to receive me into his body, allowing me to help him fight.
In an hour, Natsu will regain control of his body. He'll explain the reason to you then."
Hawking walked over to the group and cast the Light-Weight Rock Technique on each of them.
"For now, let's find everyone else first."
Mirajane, Lisanna, and Wendy felt their bodies grow lighter, then rose directly into the air under Hawking's lead.
The three cats spread their wings and followed closely behind.
They did not press him further, because they could sense Hawking's goodwill. Besides, finding everyone and figuring out how to repel Grimoire Heart's invasion was indeed the priority.
"It's Elfman and Evergreen."
Before long, they discovered the second battlefield: Mirajane's younger brother Elfman, who also used